Hotels have diverse streams of revenue so that they can reach as many customers as possible and stay flexible in a fast-moving sector.

Still, even after an industry-wide push for more direct bookings, we hear so often of hotels, particularly across Asia-Pacific, becoming increasingly dependent on one, expensive channel — OTAs.

Of course, we know that OTAs have their place and that for many hotels they are valued partners. But given this worrying trend, we wanted to revisit exactly why, when it comes to distribution, we’d advise against putting all your eggs in one basket.

The cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from hotel benchmarking company Kalibri Labs, the cost, if left unchecked, likely will double by 2022.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer has asked the FTC to investigate whether the airline industry is data mining consumer personal information in order to charge them airfares based on things like income and purchasing behaviors.

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